diff --git a/src/tasks/dockerRun/dockerCommand.ts b/src/tasks/dockerRun/dockerCommand.ts
index ad1fba2..7b51b59 100644
--- a/src/tasks/dockerRun/dockerCommand.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/dockerRun/dockerCommand.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export class DockerCommand {
     public context: string;
     public imageName: string;
     public containerName: string;
+    public envVars: string[];
     public additionalArguments: string;
     public dockerConnectionString: string;
     public registryConnetionDetails: tl.EndpointAuthorization;
@@ -103,6 +104,11 @@ export class DockerCommand {
 
     private appendRunCmdArgs(command: tr.ToolRunner) {
         command.arg("run");
+        if (this.envVars) {
+            this.envVars.forEach(function (v, i) {
+                command.arg("-e " + v);
+            });
+        }
         if (this.containerName) {
             command.arg("--name " + this.containerName);
         }
diff --git a/src/tasks/dockerRun/dockerRun.ts b/src/tasks/dockerRun/dockerRun.ts
index 884e78d..11d20b3 100644
--- a/src/tasks/dockerRun/dockerRun.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/dockerRun/dockerRun.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export function dockerRun(): void {
     var registryEndpoint = tl.getInput("dockerRegistryServiceEndpoint", true);
     var imageName = tl.getInput("imageName", true);
     var containerName = tl.getInput("containerName", false);
+    var envVars = tl.getDelimitedInput("envVars", "\n", false);
     var additionalArgs = tl.getInput("additionalArgs", false);
 
     var registryConnetionDetails = tl.getEndpointAuthorization(registryEndpoint, true);
@@ -22,9 +23,10 @@ export function dockerRun(): void {
     }
 
     var cmd = new docker.DockerCommand("run");
+    cmd.dockerConnectionString = dockerConnectionString;
     cmd.imageName = imageName;
     cmd.containerName = containerName;
-    cmd.dockerConnectionString = dockerConnectionString;
+    cmd.envVars = envVars;
     cmd.additionalArguments = additionalArgs;
     cmd.execSync();
 
diff --git a/src/tasks/dockerRun/task.json b/src/tasks/dockerRun/task.json
index d15bfcc..ab1a11b 100644
--- a/src/tasks/dockerRun/task.json
+++ b/src/tasks/dockerRun/task.json
@@ -80,6 +80,15 @@
             "visibleRule": "action = run a container",
             "helpMarkDown": "Name to use for Docker container."
         },
+        {
+            "name": "envVars",
+            "type": "multiLine",
+            "label": "Environment Variables",
+            "defaultValue": "",
+            "required": false,
+            "visibleRule": "action = run a container",
+            "helpMarkDown": "Name value pairs to pass as environments variables to the run commnad in name=value format."
+        },
         {
             "name": "removeImageAfterPublish",
             "type": "boolean",